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Asturian • Bambara • Basque • Champenois • Crimean Tatar • Dalmatian • Danish • East Yugur • Franco-Provençal • French • Friulian • Galician • Gothic • Italian • Ladin • Ladino • Middle French • Norman • Norwegian Bokmål • Norwegian Nynorsk • Occitan • Old English • Old French • Old Occitan • Romanian • Romansch • Serbo-Croatian • Slovene • Spanish • Swedish • Volapük
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Translingual

Symbol

fin

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Finnish.

See also

English

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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle English fin, from Old English finn, from Proto-Germanic *finnō, *finǭ (“dorsal fin”) (compare Dutch vin, German Finne, Swedish finne, fena), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pīn- (“backbone, dorsal fin”) (compare Old Irish ind (“end, point”), Latin pinna (“feather, wing, fin”), Tocharian A spin (“hook”).

Noun

fin (plural fins)

  2. (ichthyology, zootomy) One of the appendages of a fish, used to propel itself and to manoeuvre/maneuver.
    The fish's fins minimize water flow.
    • 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter IV, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y., London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
      Then he commenced to talk, really talk. and inside of two flaps of a herring's fin he had me mesmerized, like Eben Holt's boy at the town hall show. He talked about the ills of humanity, and the glories of health and Nature and service and land knows what all.
  3. A similar appendage of a cetacean or other marine animal.
    a dolphin's fin
  4. A thin, rigid component of an aircraft, extending from the fuselage and used to stabilise and steer the aircraft.
    The fin stabilises the plane in flight.
  5. A similar structure protruding from a projectile, used to help keep it on course.
  6. (surfing) A similar structure on the bottom of a surfboard, used to help steer it.
  7. A hairstyle, resembling the fin of a fish, in which the hair is combed and set into a vertical ridge along the top of the head from about the crown to the forehead.
  8. A device worn by divers and swimmers on their feet.
    The divers wore fins to swim faster.
  9. An extending part on a surface of a radiator, engine, heatsink, etc., used to facilitate cooling.
  10. A sharp raised edge (generally in concrete) capable of damaging a roof membrane or vapor retarder.
  11. (nautical) The conning tower of a submarine.
  12. (UK, slang, obsolete) A person's hand.
    • 1839, Dearden's Miscellany, volumes 1-2, page 661:
      "Done say I to that, Reuben, tip me your fin, my spark, and it shall be a bet."
Synonyms
  • (appendange of a fish):
  • (appendage of a cetacean or other marine animal): flipper (of mammals)
  • (aircraft component):
  • (of a bomb): vane
  • (hairstyle): Mohican
  • (device worn by divers): flipper
Derived terms
Translations
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Verb

fin (third-person singular simple present fins, present participle finning, simple past and past participle finned)

  2. (transitive) To cut the fins from a fish, shark, etc.
  3. (intransitive) (Of a fish) to swim with the dorsal fin above the surface of the water.
    • 1983, The Fisherman Who Laughed, page 54:
      When you spot him finning just under the surface, you move up quietly and present [...] bait, usually a squid.
  4. (intransitive) To swim in the manner of a fish.
    A neutrally buoyant diver does not need to fin to maintain depth.
  5. (transitive) To provide (a motor vehicle etc) with fins.

Further reading

Etymology 2

From Yiddish פֿינף (finf, “five”). Doublet of five, pimp, and finnuf.

Noun

fin (plural fins)

  1. (UK, formerly Australia, slang) a five-pound (£5) note; the sum of five pounds.
    Synonyms: finny, fiver, finnuf
  2. (US, slang, dated) A five-dollar bill; the sum of five dollars.
    Synonyms: fiver, Lincoln

Etymology 3

From French fin (“end”). Doublet of fine and finis.

Noun

fin (plural fins)

  1. (archaic, film, television) "The end".
    Synonym: finis
  2. (obsolete, road signs) Denotes the end of the road.
Usage notes
  • "Fin.", once frequently found on title cards at the end of English-language movies and television programmes, along with the equivalent "The End."
  • Once found on road signs at the terminus of roads, "FIN" and its equivalent "END" were used at the center of diamond chequerboard signs, in English-language jurisdictions
See also

Anagrams

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin finis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfin/ [ˈfĩŋ]
  • Rhymes: -in
  • Hyphenation: fin

Noun

fin m or f (plural fines)

  1. end (extreme part)
  2. end (final part, in time)

Bambara

Adjective

fin

  1. black

Synonyms

  • finman

Verb

fin

  1. (transitive) to darken, blacken

Basque

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish fino (“thin”).

Adjective

fin (comparative finago, superlative finen, excessive finegi)

  1. thin
    Synonyms: mehe, xehe
  2. sharp
    Synonym: zorrotz
  3. fine
  4. delicate
Declension
More information indefinite, singular ...
Declension of fin (adjective, ending in consonant)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive fin fina finak
ergative finek finak finek
dative fini finari finei
genitive finen finaren finen
comitative finekin finarekin finekin
causative finengatik finarengatik finengatik
benefactive finentzat finarentzat finentzat
instrumental finez finaz finez
inessive anim finengan finarengan finengan
inan finetan finean finetan
locative anim — — —
inan finetako fineko finetako
allative anim finengana finarengana finengana
inan finetara finera finetara
terminative anim finenganaino finarenganaino finenganaino
inan finetaraino fineraino finetaraino
directive anim finenganantz finarenganantz finenganantz
inan finetarantz finerantz finetarantz
destinative anim finenganako finarenganako finenganako
inan finetarako finerako finetarako
ablative anim finengandik finarengandik finengandik
inan finetatik finetik finetatik
partitive finik — —
prolative fintzat — —
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Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish fin.

Noun

fin inan

  1. end, ending
    Synonym: amaiera
  2. aim, objective
Declension
More information indefinite, singular ...
Declension of fin (inanimate, ending in consonant)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive fin fina finak
ergative finek finak finek
dative fini finari finei
genitive finen finaren finen
comitative finekin finarekin finekin
causative finengatik finarengatik finengatik
benefactive finentzat finarentzat finentzat
instrumental finez finaz finez
inessive finetan finean finetan
locative finetako fineko finetako
allative finetara finera finetara
terminative finetaraino fineraino finetaraino
directive finetarantz finerantz finetarantz
destinative finetarako finerako finetarako
ablative finetatik finetik finetatik
partitive finik — —
prolative fintzat — —
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Further reading

  • “fin”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
  • “fin”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Champenois

Etymology

Inherited from Old French fin, from Latin fīnis .

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /fɛ̃/

Adjective

fin m (fingne, plural fins)

  1. (Troyen, Langrois) thin

References

  • Daunay, Jean (1998) Parlers de Champagne : Pour un classement thématique du vocabulaire des anciens parlers de Champagne (Aube - Marne - Haute-Marne)‎ (in French), Rumilly-lés-Vaudes
  • Baudoin, Alphonse (1885) Glossaire de la forêt de Clairvaux‎ (in French), Troyes

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

Ultimately, from Old Norse Finnr (“Finn, Sami”).

Adjective

fin

  1. Finnish

References

  • Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎, Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

Dalmatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin faenum. Compare Italian fieno, Romanian fân, Friulian fen, Romansch fain, French foin, Portuguese feno, Spanish heno. Alternative form also possibly through a Venetan intermediate as a loan word.

Noun

fin m

  1. hay

Danish

Etymology

From late Old Norse fínn.

Pronunciation

Adjective

fin

  1. fine
  2. choice, classy
  3. delicate
  4. fashionable
  5. grand, posh, genteel

Inflection

More information positive, comparative ...
Inflection of fin
positive comparative superlative
indefinite common singular fin finere finest2
indefinite neuter singular fint finere finest2
plural fine finere finest2
definite attributive1 fine finere fineste
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1 When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2 The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

East Yugur

Etymology

From Chinese 分 (fēn), compare Western Yugur fïn.

Pronunciation

Noun

fin

  1. minute
    Bu la hirti serki wai, jirghuun ceg ghucin findi posqi we.
    I'll probably wake up early and get up at six thirty [six o'clock and thirty minutes].

Franco-Provençal

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin fīnis.

Noun

fin f (plural fins) (ORB, broad)

  1. end

References

  • fin in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
  • fin in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

Etymology 2

Compare French fin.

Adjective

fin (feminine singular fina, masculine plural fins, feminine plural fines)

  1. thin

References

  • fin in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

French

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle French fin, from Old French fin, from Latin finis.

Noun

fin f (plural fins)

  1. end, close, finish
  2. end, end goal, objective, purpose
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Unclear, see fine.

Adjective

fin (feminine fine, masculine plural fins, feminine plural fines)

  1. thin, fine
  2. (Quebec) kind, nice
Derived terms

Further reading

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin fīnis.

Noun

fin m (plural fins)

  1. end

Adjective

fin

  1. fine, thin

Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese fin (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin fīnis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfiŋ/ [ˈfiŋ]
  • Rhymes: -iŋ
  • Hyphenation: fin

Noun

fin m or f (plural fins)

  1. end

Derived terms

References

Further reading

Gothic

Romanization

fin

  1. Romanization of 𐍆𐌹𐌽

Italian

Ladin

Ladino

Middle French

Norman

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Nynorsk

Occitan

Old English

Old French

Old Occitan

Romanian

Romansch

Serbo-Croatian

Slovene

Spanish

Swedish

Volapük

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